Sukenobu Isobe

Sukenobu Isobe (Japanese: 磯部祐延, Isobe Sukenobu) (2 March 1869-14 July 1936) was a Japanese businessman who founded the Isobe construction company in 1921.

Biography
Sukenobu Isobe was born on 2 March 1869 in Shimanto, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan to a Shinto Japanese family. Isobe served with the Imperial Japanese Army engineers during the First Sino-Japanese War, having his first experience in engineering at this time. After the war, Isobe decided to put his new skills to use by working in a construction company, and in 1921 he founded his own company, Isobe. It specialized in engineering and construction, building railroads and roads as well as building certain edifices for the Japanese government on contract. Isobe died on 14 July 1936 of cancer, and Masazumi Zoi succeeded him as CEO.